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• CultureThe Night Before: Transcriber Kishiura Ushio Checks Her Score One Last Time

  Kishiura Ushio, 74, the music teacher who has spent much of her life transcribing the Shore Lullaby, gave the performance score one last check at her…

  Sunday, September 6, 2026
• CultureBefore the Shore Lullaby's Debut, a Final Rehearsal — 37 Voices, Still Not Told What the Words Mean

  A final joint rehearsal for the Shore Lullaby, set to receive its first public performance at Sunday's Arrival Remembrance Day ceremony, was held on…

  Saturday, September 5, 2026
• CulturePeople of the Shore (6): Tane Kishitani, 101 — "This year, I'm the one who listens"

  Among the 121 first-generation drift settlers invited to the September 7 Arrival Remembrance Day ceremony, the oldest is 101-year-old Tane Kishitani,…

  Thursday, September 3, 2026
  
• CultureSeven o'clock, no signal given: first "unified lighting" of Autumn Window Day

  On the night of Sept. 2 — Autumn Window Day, the bay area's newest custom — the Shiomibashi shopping street, its reputed birthplace, held its first…

  Wednesday, September 2, 2026
  
• CultureThirty-six breaths, thirty-one nights: a reporter tries "Moon-Ring Breathing"

  "You will start to see the small drifted creatures." That is the claim behind Moon-Ring Breathing, a breathing method now circulating among junior…

  Tuesday, September 1, 2026
  
• CultureA second lighting this year: bay district readies its first "Autumn Window Day"

  Ahead of Autumn Window Day on Sept. 2, shops along the Shiomibashi shopping street — the custom's reputed birthplace — spent the 1st arranging lights…

  Tuesday, September 1, 2026
  
• Culture"Lullaby of the Shore": the last joint rehearsal before the day

  The last joint rehearsal for the "Lullaby of the Shore" — to be sung in public for the first time on Drift Memorial Day, Sept. 7 — was held on Aug.…

  Monday, August 31, 2026
  
• Culture"The Window of 1975" hits its 20th printing

  Independent researcher Karin Kokonoe's book "The Window of 1975" has passed its 20th printing. Her writing, which searches for "meaning" in the…

  Saturday, August 29, 2026
  
• Culture"Lullaby of the Shore" nears first public performance

  "The Shore Lullaby," transcribed into notation for the first time in half a century, will be sung in public for the first time at the September 7…

  Saturday, August 29, 2026